[R-sig-Debian] Problem installing R 3.4 in Ubuntu 16.04

[Michael Rutter]

Jason,

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:01 PM Jason Murcko <jmurcko using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install R version 3.4 in Ubuntu 16.04 by following the
> instructions here:
> https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html
>
> First, I added the line 'deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu
> xenial/' to sources.list.

You have an extra "u" in "ubuntu".  I have done this myself from time
to time, and the best way to check is to paste the URL into a browser.
You should see a directory tree with all the distributions.  If you
don't, you have a typo.

Michael